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Carlia ailanpalai
Island Rainbow Skink
As recorded: Carlia ailanpalai Zug, 2004
Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Scincidae
- Collected by
- S Vogt
- Collector number
- Collector Number: SRV 304
- Locality
- Gualo Rai, west slope of Mt. Tapochau
- Island
- Saipan Island
- Region
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Coordinates
- 15.1892, 145.7240
- Identified by
- F Kraus, Jun 20082 Jun →Fred Kraus →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Carlia ailanpalai observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 18 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-06-27.
2026-06-27
Banaderu, Saipan 96950, CNMI
(c) alazon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-08
Tinian, 96952, CNMI
(c) Jonathan Newman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-08
Tinian, 96952, CNMI
(c) Jonathan Newman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-28
北马里亚纳群岛塞班岛
(c) yu wen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-27
Managaha, 96950, CNMI
(c) Charley Hesse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-04-27
Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands, MP
(c) fletchermoore, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Carlia ailanpalai. BPBM 26477. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 165319405. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/26477.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 165319405 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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